The Alesis V49 is a medium-sized, versatile, and user-friendly USB MIDI keyboard controller. It aids you in directing your desired music software in a creative and intuitive way. In particular, it has 49 full-size and velocity-sensitive keys, knobs, buttons, and pads to trigger your creativity. Additionally, with it you can expand to a full melodic range. And you do so via its easy access octave selector buttons that instantly create chords, melodies, and bass lines. Similarly, you can assign its knobs and buttons to your preferred effector, plugins, and virtual instruments. By mapping these buttons you can adjust the parameter, active effects, and open and close filters and tweak parameter.
Alesis V49: Features
The Alesis V49’s s eight backlit pads are also velocity-sensitive. With them you can trigger clips or play the drums with great response timings. Pitch and modulation wheels make it expressive and capable to meet robust music productions and performance standards. Plus, it’s easy to set up to your DAW. With its single USB cable, you’ll be able to connect it to your Mac or PC. As a result, you’ll provide power to the controller and MIDI to transfer data. This is great because it’ll let you plug and play right away without the hassle of installing drivers. Additionally, the size makes the V49 portable and adaptable to any music studio or live performance.
Moreover, the Alesis V49 comes ready with Ableton Live Lite and Xpand!2. In other words, it’s record, production, and performance-ready out the box. With the Xpand!2 you’ll have an instant collection of great quality sounds and advanced virtual instruments at the touch of your finger. Similarly, with a selection of acoustic instruments and modern synthesizers, this is a powerful music production tool. Overall, it performs up to high standards and enhances your music creation workflow. The cherry on top is the visual feedback illuminated buttons and knobs: they look absolutely fantastic.
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